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[periwinkle]

I just found www.slangcity.com It's hilarious. i was searching for the etymology of "Hair of the dog", and this site totally rocks. They translate rap songs, too.

Lee Iacocca (admiring Snoop Dogg��s car): Nice ride! Lee Iacocca: Nice car! Snoop Dogg: Thank you, Moca-coca. Chrysler and Jeep came up on bookoo* awards. And Dodge Trucks last as long as the D-O-Double Jizzle**. Plus, I��ve got the hookup, nephew. For sure.
Snoop Dogg: Thank you, Mr. Iacocca. Chrysler and Jeep have gotten a lot of awards. And Dodge Trucks last as long as my success has. Plus, I have special connections to get a good deal, friend. Certainly. Lee Iacocca: You know, I��m not too sure of what you just said. Now everybody gets a great deal.
Snoop Dogg: For shizzle, I-ka-zizzle. Snoop Dogg: That's certain, Iacocca. Snoop Dogg: If the ride is more fly, then you must buy!*** Snoop Dogg: If the car is more fashionable, then you must buy it! Lee Iacocca: That's what I hear.

* from beaucoup, French for "a lot"

**D-O-Double Jizzle = D-O-G-G

*** A reference to Iacocca's own slogan ("If you can find a better car, buy it." ) but using the rhythm of Johnny Cochran's famous 1995 O.J. Simpson trial couplet about the bloody glove in evidence ("If it doesn't fit, you must acquit!")

In the version popularized by Snoop Dogg, "izzle" replaces part of the word. The most famous "izzle" expression is for shizzle, my nizzle. This is a variation on for sure, my nigger, which can be translated as "certainly, friend." But although nigger is often used by rappers neutrally to mean another black man, it is more often used as a highly derogatory word for African Americans. Using nizzle instead softens the phrase, which is not intended to offend. Snoop has since replaced that word with the even less offensive nephew, which appears in this ad.

[Swiss James]

sounds to me like nephew is a bit of an insult- definitely not a brother, and lower than a cousin.